From witch-hunts to the suffragettes, belief in womanly werewolfs has flourished at times when the female gender was under threat. But in contemporary fiction, film and art, werewolf lore is evolving in surprising ways.

Taking a knee during the national anthem isn’t risk-free in the NFL.
AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, FileDecember 12, 2016

Australia’s inimitability with regard to women’s political equality has barely entered conventional studies of political history.

Militant suffragettes used arson and vandalism to draw attention to their struggle. Did they have a moral right to do so?
Victoria Woodhull attempting to vote in 1871, via Everett Historical.January 10, 2016

Alice Duer Miller's analysis of contemporary politics not only made anti-suffragist politicians look stupid. It also made her (and women like her) look completely capable of participating in the political sphere.

Emmeline Pankhurst: part of the first wave.
Hulton Archive, Getty Images/wikipedia.comNovember 11, 2015